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Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday  November 12, 2015

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that following an advertisement inviting bids for the purchase of a container containing alcoholic beverages, the highest bid of $35.9m was provided by a prominent beverage company which it did not name.

Fed up with years of complaints and challenges and now the possibility that the Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) can seize their assets if they default on payments, nine out of ten operators at the Ogle Airport yesterday formed the National Air Transport Association (NATA).

Jermaine Simon, the Agricola resident who was shot in the head on Tuesday evening succumbed yesterday morning and police are hunting for the suspect whose abode went up in flames just after midday yesterday.

The first suspect to be apprehended in the 2013 murder of Diamond businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress appeared before a city court yesterday charged with the crime.

Despite failing to meet yet another deadline to begin processing logs here, Asian logging company Baishanlin will be allowed to continue exporting logs even as it has requested two more years to acquire wood-processing equipment.

The country’s most recent road fatality, Julian Leitch was on his way to watch the Diwali Motorcade on Tuesday when he was fatally struck down on Duncan Street.

A Queenstown family of four lost almost $1M in items including electronics and cash after three armed men barged into their home while they were celebrating Diwali on Tuesday evening.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) recently granted constitutional relief to the Mayan people of Belize in a historic land rights case.

Veteran petrol dealer and owner of Steve’s Texaco/ Rubis Service Station on Vlissengen Road, Steve Chung died at home on Monday of an apparent heart attack.

While thousands of Guyanese decorated their homes with lights and diyas on Tuesday night in observance of the 2015 Diwali celebration, others who disagreed with the date celebrated last evening.

Fire ravaged a Pere Street, Kitty two-storey building yesterday leaving ten persons seeking shelter at relatives.

The Ministry of Communities has awarded nine contracts valued at more than $191M for road rehabilitation and reconstruction works in Regions Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that residents along the East Bank Demerara corridor stretching from Industrial Site to Hope experienced intermittent outages on Tuesday due to several trips of two main feeders supplied by the new Georgetown and Grove Substations.

The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) and the Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman (GUSIA) have both expressed their “full support” for the government’s 2.00am curfew imposed on night clubs and bars in Guyana.

Minister with responsibility for Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman and Minister of Public Infra-structure David Patterson on Tuesday visited Sand-spring Resources Limited’s proposed mine at Toroparu, Region Seven and pronounced themselves pleased with the company.

The case against the two police officers charged with assaulting detainee Colwyn Harding remains at a standstill as Prose-cutor Nigel Hughes was a no-show at yesterday’s hearing.

A Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara resident pleaded not guilty to armed robbery yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

PNCR Vice-Chairman Volda Lawrence says that the party remains committed to national unity.

MARIANA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government said yesterday it may fine mining giants BHP Billiton Ltd and Vale SA for the “environmental catastrophe” caused by ruptured dams at an iron ore mine jointly owned by the companies in a southeastern state.